hiatus

English

WOTD – 27 May 2006    

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪˈeɪtəs/, X-SAMPA: /haI"eIt@s/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

hiatus (plural hiatus or hiatuses)

1. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
2. An interruption, break or pause.
3. A vacation, break from work.

   The band took a hiatus for three months.

4. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
5. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.

   Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

6. (linguistics)
   1. A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
   2. The condition of having such a break.

      Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.

Synonyms

• break (1)

Translations

gap in a series

• Dutch: hiaat (nl) n, lacune (nl)
• Finnish: aukko (fi)

• Portuguese: hiato (pt) m, lacuna (pt) f
• Russian: пробел (ru) (probél) m, пропуск (ru) (própusk) m, лакуна (ru) (lakúna) f
• Swedish: uppehåll (sv) n, gap (sv) n

interruption, break or pause

• Dutch: hiaat (nl) n, gat (nl) n, onderbreking (nl), interruptie (nl), pauze (nl)
• Finnish: tauko (fi), keskeytys (fi)
• Greek: παύση (el) (páfsi) f (páfsi)
• Japanese: 中断 (ja) (ちゅうだん, chūdan)

• Polish: przerwa (pl) m
• Russian: перерыв (ru) (pererýv) m
• Spanish: pausa (es) f
• Swedish: uppehåll (sv) n, avbrott (sv) n

vacation

• Dutch: vakantie (nl) n
• Finnish: loma (fi)

• Norwegian: ferie (no)
• Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl, descanso (es) m
• Swedish: uppehåll (sv) n

gap in geological strata

• Finnish: aukko (fi)
• Russian: трещина (ru) (tr'éš'ina) f

• Spanish: hiato (es) m
• Swedish: hiatus (sv)

anatomy: opening in an organ

• Catalan: hiat (ca) m
• Finnish: aukko (fi), rako (fi), hiatus (fi)
• French: hiatus (fr) m

• Latin: hiatus (la) m
• Spanish: hiato (es) m
• Swedish: hiatus (sv)

syllable break between two vowels

• Czech: hiát (cs) m
• Dutch: hiaat (nl) n
• Faroese: ljóðglopp (fo) n
• Finnish: hiatus (fi)
• Irish: séanas (ga) m

• Portuguese: hiato (pt) m
• Russian: зияние (ru) (zijánije) n, хиатус (ru) (xiátus) n
• Scottish Gaelic: hiatas (gd) m
• Spanish: hiato (es) m
• Swedish: hiatus (sv)

condition of having such a break

• Dutch: hiaat (nl) n
• Finnish: hiatus (fi)
• Irish: séanas (ga) m

• Russian: зияние (ru) (zijánije) n, хиатус (ru) (xiátus) n
• Spanish: hiato (es) m
• Swedish: hiatus (sv)

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• Bulgarian: празнина (bg) (praznina), хиатус (bg) (hiatus)
• Mandarin: 間隙 (cmn), (jiànxì) 间隙 (cmn)
• French: hiatus (fr) m, lacune (fr)
• German: Hiatus (de), Hiat (de), Lücke (de) f

• Italian: iato (it) m
• Japanese: 途切れ (ja) (とぎれ, togire), 間 (ja) (かん, kan)
• Korean: (jungjeol) 중절 (ko)

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Finnish

Noun

hiatus

1. (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
2. (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).

Declension

Declension of hiatus (type vastaus) singular plural nominative hiatus hiatukset genitive hiatuksen hiatusten hiatuksien partitive hiatusta hiatuksia accusative hiatus hiatuksen hiatukset inessive hiatuksessa hiatuksissa elative hiatuksesta hiatuksista illative hiatukseen hiatuksiin adessive hiatuksella hiatuksilla ablative hiatukselta hiatuksilta allative hiatukselle hiatuksille essive hiatuksena hiatuksina translative hiatukseksi hiatuksiksi instructive – hiatuksin abessive hiatuksetta hiatuksitta comitative – hiatuksineen

Synonyms

• (opening in an organ): aukko, avanne

Anagrams

• haisut, hitaus

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French

Etymology

Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“stand open”).

Noun

hiatus m (plural hiatus)

1. A hiatus, gap
2. A hiatus, in the linguistic sense

Synonyms

• (gap): lacune

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Latin

Noun

hiātus (genitive hiātūs); m, fourth declension

1. A hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	hiātus	hiātūs
genitive	hiātūs	hiātuum
dative	hiātuī	hiātibus
accusative	hiātum	hiātūs
ablative	hiātū	hiātibus
vocative	hiātus	hiātūs

Synonyms

• hiantia